More Desert Wilderness
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Public Lands, wilderness | Comments OffEarlier this month, we asked you to call your U.S. Representatives to show support for the national Omnibus Public Lands Bill, containing wilderness desig- nations for over 700,000 acres in California. (If you haven't called your representative yet, please do ...
Think the Sunrise Powerlink Fight is Over?
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »Guess again! While various legal wranglings over the Sunrise Powerlink continue in the courts and before the CPUC, there's also a lot of new public opposition to this destructive fossil-fuel line, as more residents learn exactly where the new Southern ...
New El Paisano and Winter Action Alerts
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in DPC News | Comments OffOur latest issue of DPC's newsletter, El Paisano, is now available online. It covers a variety of issues, from the Red Rock Canyon State Park general plan, to the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative, to our new outdoor ed curriculum focused ...
Call Your Representative for Wilderness
Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Posted in wilderness | 1 Comment »Our friends at the California Wilderness Coalition are asking wilderness enthusiasts to call their U.S. Representatives, urging passage of the 2009 Omnibus Public Lands Management Act. The bill will designate new wilderness areas in several states, including 700,000 acres in California. ...
Carnival of the Arid
Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature | Comments OffDesertBlog has been featured in Carnival of the Arid #1 , a collection of desert-related blog posts put together by Chris Clarke on his Coyote Crossing site. The carnival features a variety of forms, including poetry, geology, adventure travel, photography, politics ...
